Erie is a "legacy" city, said Alison Goebel, the keynote speaker at this year's ERIE economic conference. "The economy absolutely is changing in these places," she said.
Erie is a "legacy" city — a community that has experienced declines in both population and industry, said Alison Goebel, executive director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center. "The economy absolutely is changing," she said.
An $800,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will support a two-year effort to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species across Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on the Lake Erie Basin. The project will be led by the Pennsylvania Sea Grant program at Penn State Behrend.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing $800,000 to Pennsylvania Sea Grant to control and combat aquatic invasive species, including crayfish, which are collected with a seine net.